greycounciller
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Waited 14 years for this and... rather disappointed, I'm afraid. Fantastic animation, absolute state of the art, as the film never tires of showing off whilst putting the narrative on hold, again. Every box has been ticked but what is missing, in so much of its overlong running time (Parents with younger children should take heed), are the humour and charm that made the original film so appealing: audience reaction was muted, at best. And within the showboating and grandstanding of the animation ("Say, let's swing the camera around the indoor fountain AGAIN!"), box ticking, and not to forget the social and sexual politicking and virtue signalling that are now obligatory, simple things like plot and characterisation go amiss. I failed to pick up on why the villain is doing what they do! I asked a couple of people afterwards, just in case I had blinked and missed it, but no! They didn't really grasp that either! And the same with the, for me, overly manipulative short at the beginning. Appeal to China by all mean, but what was it actually about? If anyone here can put me straight on these two, many thanks. So whilst I have revisited The Incredibles many times, this film is a one time only for me and I'm hoping the new Hotel Transylvania will give me the animated yucks I'm looking for.
THANKS, I wasn't completely happy with this sequel. Felt the 1st one should've remained the 1 off classic that it was. To me, it was a classic "Bond/Spy Thriller" for kids and still is extremely enjoyable to watch.
This episode seemed to be a lot of box ticking with a very predictable outcome.
There were a few humorous moments, though my audience was muted somewhat.
Sound, picture and animation are state of the art, as expected.
But throughout the whole film, I was left with one puzzling thought which I thought would be answered
"The Underminer" was where the 1st film and this one joined, but he was just a 5 minute introduction and then he simply......."got away". It then went straight into the new story and just had me thinking all the way through, why? "Frozones" character didn't sit right with me and "Void" just reminded me of Marvels Dr Strange. So maybe that was the problem for me. This film reminded me of too many others.